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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.” The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund.

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Are corporations making good on their racial equity pledges?

Candid

A s of July 2020, we’d identified racial e quity grants and pledges worth $4.2 Yet a closer look at th is funding shows that pledges — particularly those from corporate funders — account for nearly three-quarters of the dollars we’ve tracked. What are corporate pledges? . billion dollars. 3] . 3] .

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Pledge Fundraising for 2022: Ideas and Insights

Get Fully Funded

Did you know that 84% of fundraising pledges are fulfilled and that the average mobile donation pledge for fundraising events is $167 ? These are only a few of the statistics that show how effective pledge fundraising can be for nonprofits. What is pledge fundraising? How can I use pledge fundraising in 2022?

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6 Online Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2020

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Action Button :: actionbutton.org. Built for publishers that produce a lot of content, Action Button is a widget that features “Donate” buttons (as well as Tweet, Call, Pledge buttons) directly inside trending articles published by their partners. 2) Bots for Charity :: botsforcharity.com.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Since most organizations have supporters who are driven by a range of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, having different strategies that appeal to different types of motivators within a campaign or a series of campaigns will attract the most number of volunteers to take action. Leverage social information and norms.

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Climate Justice in the field: An interview with the Donors of Color Network

Candid

Recently we interviewed Abdul Dosunmu, campaign manager for the Donors of Color Network’s (DOCN) Climate Funders Justice Pledge , one of the intermediaries featured in the guide. Toward this goal, DOCN is collecting noteworthy case studies from Pledge participants that can serve as examples for others.

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